Archive button grayed out in Xcode

Question

Would you be able to help me understand the reason why Archive button is grayed out in Xcode?

I have all developers profiles downloaded

Device type set to iPhone 6

And archive is checked in scheme.

Thank you ! For some reason I thought device is needed. It works now — Andy, Apr 22 '16 at 16:44
@Andy would be a good idea to mark Hasya's answer (below) as correct. — Jason McDermott, Jan 28 '17 at 13:00

score 541 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 29 '21 at 15:24

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Answer valid through Xcode 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12+

You can not archive, because from target you have not selected device or Generic iOS device or Any iOS Device , still there is a simulator.

Nothing generic or wrong with Xcode 7. This happens with all Xcode versions.

Problem - Why archived button is grayed out?

Solution - Why archived button is not grayed out?

In Xcode 12 it is named Any iOS Device

edited Oct 29 '21 at 15:24

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answered Apr 22 '16 at 16:44

Hasya

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Good luck. @atx – Hasya Mar 20 '17 at 08:54
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I wish Xcode would leave the Archive option enabled, but give a useful message like "you must select generic...blah blah". Or anything that would tell you why it won't actually do the archive. I'm not a fan of disabled options, especially when the end result is a lot of searching for the same issue by many people (such as is the case here). I had encountered this issue before and had to search again because I forgot why it was an issue before, lol – Various Artist Mar 30 '17 at 18:31
@VariousArtist True, hope such additions comes in next XCode versions. – Hasya Jul 03 '17 at 10:04
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Still valid in XCode 9.2. – a2f0 Mar 12 '18 at 01:37
Yeah, I guess Mac app development can’t change menu options run time, but it can enable / disable option. – Hasya Mar 24 '18 at 10:17
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Worked like charm – Kuldeep Singh Nov 14 '18 at 05:14
Seems like generic. – Hasya Jan 30 '19 at 12:32
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I feel so dumb by looking at this. Anyone else? thanks a lot by the way. – Machado Aug 05 '19 at 03:51
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@Machado me too – CanvasB Sep 26 '19 at 01:08
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The option is now called `Any iOS Device (arm64)` – Aaron Jordan Sep 23 '20 at 00:01
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Still valid in XCode 12.4 – Hasya Feb 10 '21 at 07:46
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I don't think Apple is hostile towards developers, I just think they're suffering the consequences of making iOS and macOS a gated ecosystem. XCode is a mess, no doubt about that. – ICW May 11 '21 at 22:13
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@Hasya Thank you for adding the screenshots. That's what has not been obvious for me in related questions on this matter. – Tobias Schoknecht Aug 02 '21 at 16:24
Thank you for the answer. Completely obvious, but I was still stumped until I read your answer, when it BECAME obvious! Saved me pulling my hair out, again. Xcode - fun every day! :-) – Andy Duncan Mar 03 '22 at 16:06

Archive button grayed out in Xcode

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